FAAAC presents Backyard BBQ: A Day of Art, Community, and Family

This year FAAAC celebrates Juneteenth on Boyd Plaza with an event centered around games in the African American community. Throughout the afternoon, enjoy playing popular card games, line dancing with a DJ, a scavenger hunt in Sam Gilliam: Printmaker, and live music. At 3:00 p.m., hear from Dr. Nancy Tolson, CMA commissioner and USC Assistant Director of African American Studies, on the history of these games.

Free to attend. Food for purchase. Gallery entry, including the scavenger hunt, is free with membership, SC residency, or admission.

Generous support provided by Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All program.

The Friends of African American Art & Culture is dedicated to championing Black art and culture. This CMA affinity group supports the museum through programming that includes exhibition, celebration, and education-related events that uplift Black art, artists, and arts professionals.

You may also like the following events from Columbia Museum of Art:

• This Tuesday, 6th May, 10:00 am, Midlands Gives in Columbia, South Carolina
• This Wednesday, 7th May, 04:00 pm, Tour of Tea: Every Sip Tells a Story in Columbia
• This Thursday, 8th May, 04:00 pm, Sunset Sessions on Boyd Plaza in Columbia

Also check out other Arts events in Columbia, Music events in Columbia, Exhibitions in Columbia.